polycarb kits - Saxperience

blackie_2k5 · 31st August 2011, 19:47

where do you lot get yours?

been searching around and cheapest i can find is below, quite significantly cheaper then most being lexan aswell.... but theyre just flat type?

http://www.acwmotorsportplastics.co....hetcn5vvosgcv1

anyone fused flat type? how much diff do they look?

or link me to better places/prices?

blackie_2k5 · 31st August 2011, 19:49

looking at the fronts they looks sweet tbh....

http://www.acwmotorsportplastics.co.uk/images/saxo.jpg

quarters i think im gonna tint out anyway...

mark1311 · 31st August 2011, 20:03

i have 2 set these... might let one set go if u intrested mate.

rear ones... what i did was remove all standard stuff drill holes all way round window and bolt them in. it looked gash though where u could see onto orginal body work where the proper windows how the black round. so i just put black vinal border round looks bang on dont leak etc.

blackie_2k5 · 31st August 2011, 20:18

well i was just gonna rivet the rears in with some sealant... and my car is black already lol, but still tempted to matt/carbon vinyl the body bit, as it does look terrible lol

much you after and condition of the ones your selling?

mark1311 · 31st August 2011, 20:24

fronts, are brand new still in wrap, rear one is to, and rear ones ok... few small scratchs but a tint on them be sweet like new

u at traxs?

blackie_2k5 · 31st August 2011, 20:27

unfortunatley not mate

got any pics of quarters trying to pick up scratches? and the all important price

also, the fronts, sliders?

mark1311 · 1st September 2011, 21:25

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Originally Posted by blackie_2k5

unfortunatley not mate

got any pics of quarters trying to pick up scratches? and the all important price

also, the fronts, sliders?

fronts sliders yer mate, will try to am shit with a camera though

will fb u about price

axsaxoman · 2nd September 2011, 12:54

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Originally Posted by mark1311

fronts, are brand new still in wrap, rear one is to, and rear ones ok... few small scratchs but a tint on them be sweet like new

u at traxs?

that will always happen --no matter what they tell you --poly carb always look tatty a after a while+ i have never seen a car fitted with them that does not have water leaks .
LEXAN is what is used for aircraft and its bugger to keep them scratch free .all mud and grit must be hosed off first --don,t use a rag or you will scratch the surface ,ideally mever touch them .
have you actually worked out how much weight it saves?

this is very much my own opinion ,

but i did it once with a real mini and vowed never again .
I will suffer the extra weight of glass and just brake later into the corner or make a bit more power.
If you must do it then use expensive windscreen bonding on them as well as the rivets ,that will stop the leaks.
technically you could just use windscreen bonding ,prviding you pretreat the frames and poly carb with a glass primer ,but you need to be neat with the stuff or it wil look crap .
that why bonded windscreens have the black edge --so you cannot see the wiggly line of adhesive.
the other alternative is a butyl tape,then it will look right (used for sticking pond liners together ) + a couple of rivets bolts

mark1311 · 2nd September 2011, 13:02

yer totali agree, with u i always new they were gona last about 2mins till scatched etc,

think i weighed both worked out about 40% lighter, sa savingod around 8kg alway round maybe little less, onli bought a set as i had no glass lol and was given another set lol

axsaxoman · 2nd September 2011, 14:15

exactly --just keep off the kebabs have and good shit and before you go racing . LOL
or just buy some proper lightweight wheels

blackie_2k5 · 2nd September 2011, 20:08

hmm, food for thought tbh

i knew they didnt last long, but thought a full set up would shed a bit more weight then that actually... but there again the windows in a sax cant weigh that much to start..

may just keep what ive got for now, as the side windows are tinted, light smoke on front and med smoke on quarters, so if in a smash im safe from the glass there anyhow

might just get a polycarb for the boot when i get a firbeglass item, the car has plenty power...

only thing really leading me to polycarbs was removal of the EW system... and still being able to open the windows(sliders)but thought i may aswell go for full kit...

as i want to totally gut the door insides and pvc over whats left, same as yours mark....

any ideas?..